Rudolph II of Burgundy

Rudolph II of Burgundy (880-11 July 937) was King of Burgundy from 912 to 937, succeeding Rudolph I of Burgundy and preceding Conrad of Burgundy, and King of Italy from 922 to 926, succeeding Berengar of Friuli and preceding Hugh of Arles.

Biography
Rudolph was born in 880, the son of Rudolph I of Burgundy and Guilla of Provence, with his father coming from the noble House of Welf. Rudolph inherited the title "King of Burgundy" on his father's death in 912. He married Bertha of Swabia in 922, and he ascended to the throne of Italy that same year after the Italian nobles overthrew Berengar of Friuli, an unpopular king. Rudolph became rivals with Hugh of Arles, who had attempted to invade Burgundy earlier in his reign, and he had to fight against both Hugh and Berengar for power; he defeated Berengar at Piacenza in 923 before murdering him the next year, but in 926 the Italian nobility turned against him, with Hugh of Arles as their leader. Rudolph returned to Upper Burgundy to protect himself as Hugh took over Italy from him, and he ceded the throne to him; he died in Burgundy in 937.